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The Philadelphia 76ers will look for a third straight win when they travel south to face the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center tonight.

The 76ers’ "Big Three" is finally available at the same time, and my 76ers vs Heat predictions expect the trio to deliver a big performance on the road.

Here are my free NBA picks for Monday, March 30.

76ers vs Heat prediction

76ers vs Heat best bet: Joel Embiid Over 28.5 points (-105)

Joel Embiid has had trouble staying on the court again this season, but he’s played in two straight contests and is absent from Monday morning’s injury report.

In two games since returning from a lengthy absence, Embiid shows no signs of rust, posting 29 and 35 points. 

Embiid has scored 29+ in 16 of 35 games overall this season, reaching that mark in two straight and 11 of his last 14.

The big man has logged 30+ minutes in 23 games this season, averaging 29.3 points in those games and hitting the Over on this scoring line 13 times. Embiid has recorded 30+ minutes in 11 of 15 road games.

Over the last 10 games, the Miami Heat have allowed the third-most points and the third-highest 3-point percentage, and they own the eighth-worst defensive rating.

Both teams rank in the Top 4 in pace, and the point total for Monday’s matchup is set at a whopping 246.5. 

Embiid should push for 30 minutes, and he should see plenty of opportunities in a fast-paced, high-scoring environment.

76ers vs Heat same-game parlay

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the best teams against the spread on the road this season, going 23-13. In the last game out with all of Philly's Big Three — Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George — available, the Sixers earned a quality win over the Charlotte Hornets.

They dropped 157 points on the Chicago Bulls with Embiid and George in the lineup, and Maxey sidelined. The Sixers will also have Kelly Oubre Jr. back for a second straight game, and a healthy team will overwhelm Miami's lackluster defense.

The Heat have hit the Over in four of their last five games at home and eight times across their last 10 games overall. The 76ers have hit the Over in three of their last five on the road. 

76ers vs Heat SGP

• Joel Embiid Over 28.5 points
• 76ers -2
• Over 246.5

Our "from downtown" SGP: Big 3

Miami's defense has been one of the most generous in the Association over the last 10 games, and I expect Embiid, Maxey, and George to feast tonight in South Beach.

Maxey returned from a 10-game absence and dropped 26 points against the Charlotte Hornets in his last game out. He’s scored 26+ in 45 of 62 games overall, including 26 of 30 on the road.

Since returning from suspension, Paul George has played like a man possessed. He scored 28 and 26 in his last two games, and he’s reached 17 points in six of 13 road games.

76ers vs Heat SGP

• 76ers -2
• Over 246.5
• Joel Embiid Over 28.5 points
• Tyrese Maxey Over 26.5 points
• Paul George Over 16.5 points

76ers vs Heat odds

• Spread: 76ers -2 | Heat +2
• Moneyline: 76ers -130 | Heat +110
• Over/Under: Over 246.5 | Under 246.5

76ers vs Heat betting trend to know

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Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers hit the road tonight to visit his former team, the Utah Jazz, at the Delta Center. 

My Cavs vs. Jazz predictions are targeting Spida to bounce back after a quiet game in his last appearance. 

Read more in my NBA picks for Monday, March 30. 

Cavaliers vs Jazz prediction

Cavaliers vs Jazz best bet: Donovan Mitchell Over 26.5 points (-115)

Donovan Mitchell is having another stellar campaign for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He’s seventh in the league in scoring, averaging 27.9 PPG. Mitchell is a walking bucket, and his ability to score from all three levels is usually present on a nightly basis. 

While Spida was held to just six points in 31 minutes of action on Friday against the Heat, the Louisville product did cash the Over in three straight appearances before that, dropping 28, 42, and 27 points. 

It’s very rare for Mitchell to be held to just single digits, and tonight is a prime opportunity for him to respond as he faces his former team in the Utah Jazz. Utah is an easy matchup for opposing shooting guards, and they’re one of the worst defensive clubs in the Association. 

Mitchell is averaging 27.4 points per contest on the road, and he scored 27 in his last road game in New Orleans. 

He’ll cook tonight in Salt Lake City.

Cavaliers vs Jazz same-game parlay

James Harden is averaging 8.1 dimes per game this season, which ranks fifth in the NBA. The guard has cashed the Over in assists in three of his last five, and he just dished out 14 on Friday against the Heat. Utah is allowing over nine assists per game to point guards. 

Mitchell scores a decent amount of his points from downtown, averaging 3.3 makes on 9.0 attempts per game. He’s cashed the Over in treys in three of his last four, and the Jazz are allowing 3.8 triples per contest to opposing shooting guards. 

Evan Mobley is a physical presence down low, averaging 8.9 rebounds per game. Coming off a 10-board performance, the big man is averaging 9.2 rebounds on the road, and he’s cashed the Over in two of his last three away from home. Utah is allowing nearly 15 boards per contest to opposing centers.

Cavaliers vs Jazz SGP

• James Harden Over 8.5 assists
• Donovan Mitchell Over 2.5 made threes
• Evan Mobley Over 9.5 rebounds

Our "from downtown" SGP: Web-slinging goodness

Mitchell has averaged 5.8 assists this season to go along with his 27.9 points, and he’s hit the Over in points+assists in two of his last three games. The Jazz are weak on the perimeter, so he could truly thrive as a passer tonight as well. 

Sam Merrill is averaging 13 PPG, and he’s cashed the Over in two of his last three appearances. Before a 10-point performance on Friday, he had posted 18 and 19 points in back-to-back games.

Cavaliers vs Jazz SGP

• James Harden Over 8.5 assists
• Donovan Mitchell Over 31.5 points+assists
• Evan Mobley Over 9.5 rebounds
• Sam Merrill Over 14.5 points

Cavaliers vs Jazz odds

• Spread: Cavaliers -17 (-110) | Jazz +17 (-110)
• Moneyline: Cavaliers -2000 | Jazz +1000
• Over/Under: Over 242.5 (-110) | Under 242.5 (-110)

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On his eponymous podcast Sunday night, Bill Simmons took a bucket of cold water and poured it on the idea of the NBA expansion plans. Then he refilled the bucket and held the NBA expansion plans — including the idea of placing a team in Las Vegas — under the water until it was but a memory.

In short: Simmons, who has octopus-like connections throughout the NBA, thinks it ain’t happening.

He broke it down into two parts, with the first — and most pressing — issue being his certainty expansion will not pass muster with the owners. There are 30 NBA franchises, and 23 have to approve any expansion. Simmons is sure NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is going to have problems with nearly half of the owners.

“They don’t have the votes,” Simmons said, in conversation with fellow podcaster/NBA insider Zach Lowe. “I think it got a little testy in the Board of Governors when they were all together last week, with some people like, ‘Why are we doing this? I’m never voting for this. This is stupid. We’re not doing this.’”

Then Simmons went through 13 owners who he believes are either wholly against the idea or would need some serious arm-twisting.

He first broke down the “new” generation of owners, such as the groups that control the Celtics, Jazz, Hornets, Rockets, Suns, and Timberwolves, and how as new (or relatively new) owners, they don’t want to dilute their chances at winning a title.

Then he went into Jim Dolan, the owner of the Knicks who is against it, as well as the new Trail Blazers owner, who Simmons questioned whether he’d want a team two hours away in Seattle.

Then he noted Steve Ballmer, owner of the Clippers, whose net worth is north of $100 billion and couldn’t care less about the proposal for each team to get upward of $500 million if the league expands by two.

“They don’t have the votes. I’m just telling you they don’t,” Simmons said.

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Timing off

Simmons was also put off by the timing of the announcement about the expansion plans, as it was leaked to the press last Monday.

“And when my s**t detector started going off — it was a Monday morning news leak, which as we know, Monday morning is always when you put a story out trying to set the tone for the week, and they put it out in a way that made me think this almost seems like they’re testing this out to see what the reaction is,” he said. “Like they’re either trying to convince the fans this is a good idea or they’re trying to convince the votes that they don’t have that this is a good idea. So I do not think they have the votes.”

Simmons also isn’t sold that Seattle and Vegas are slam dunks to get the teams if expansion did happen.

“This is a two-part process where part one is you get the 30 owners together and they have to vote, you need 23 votes to proceed,” Simmons said. “And basically, Silver is going, ‘I want to see what we can get for these two teams. We’ve decided it’s going to be Seattle and Vegas. We haven’t decided if we’re expanding, but let’s see what kind of price we can get for each of those, and then I’ll bring that back to you and we can vote on it.’”

The number floated was $8 billion per team, a figure Simmons thinks is a fugazi.

“I don’t think the owners are going to necessarily vote for it even if they do get $8 billion a team. And if it’s like $5 to $6 billion, they’re definitely not voting for it,” he said. “And I don’t really understand the point of any of this. Why not just be transparent and say, ‘Hey, we’re just curious to see what we get for these expansion teams, this doesn’t mean we’re gonna have expansion.’”

UConn coach Dan Hurley is known for his high-energy antics on the sideline. That unsurprisingly didn't change after true freshman Braylon Mullins buried a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in the Huskies' 73-72 win over top-seeded Duke in the Elite Eight.

Hurley, a two-time national champion at UConn, came face-to-face with the referee after Mullins' shot, despite there still being 0.4 seconds left on the clock. He wasn't given a technical foul despite coming in contact with the referee, resulting in UConn moving onto the Final Four.

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Former Wisconsin star Sam Dekker, who played in the Final Four in 2014 and 2015, was one of many that said Hurley should've been given a technical foul in the moment.

"I have no bias here," Dekker wrote on X. "This is a tech 10/10 times. For multiple reasons… it would have lost the game for his team and he would have tried to fight the officials like he did nothing wrong. I just don’t understand it at all. Also, referees need to grow a spine in instances like this."

Hurley went wild in the aftermath of the shot, just like any personnel would given the intensity of the moment. He threw his arms up in celebration and even had his suit jacket fall halfway off after multiple other staff members swarmed him.

Duke's radio play-by-play announcer also noticed UConn guard Malachi Smith allegedly running off the bench onto the court after Mullins's shot.

“Malachi Smith ran off the bench! That should be a technical!" David Shumate said on the broadcast.

It's all nothing new for one of college basketball's most successful coaches of the past few years. Hurley was fined $25,000 by the Big East after UConn's final loss of the regular season to Marquette after he appeared to come in contact with the referee. He was called for a double-technical ejection in the moment, which sealed the win for the Golden Eagles on March 7.

Hurley even offered his glasses to an official during UConn's eventual 67-63 win over No. 3 Michigan State in the Sweet 16, due to UConn winning a challenge.

Prior to the Sweet 16 against Michigan State, Hurley told Pat McAfee he'd done a decent job this year with his behavior. Apparently, all bets were off come UConn's biggest two games of the season, though.

"For the most part, I think I've been a pretty good boy this year," Hurley said. "My behavior's been pretty good. Even in that situation, I didn't touch him. I never made contact with the official. There was actually never contact made, the official said that. Again, that was quite a long time ago."

UConn trailed by as many as 19 points late in the first half and faced its largest halftime deficit of the season when behind 44-29 at the break. It started 1-of-18 from 3-point range, before ending the game 4-of-5 from distance, all of which makes came in the final few minutes of regulation.

Hurley and UConn are still alive, looking for their third national championship of the last four seasons. And UConn and college basketball fans alike won't have to worry about Hurley not bringing the energy down the stretch as he reaches another Final Four.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dan Hurley comes face-to-face with official in UConn's historic win